Gender Aspects of the Trade and Poverty Nexus : A Macro-Micro Approach

This report is on the findings of a major international research project examining the links between trade, gender, and poverty. Trade liberalization can create economic opportunities, but women and men cannot take advantage of these opportunities on an equal basis. Women and men differ in their endowments, control over resources, access to labor markets, and their roles within the household. It may seem obvious that gender differences play an important role in transmitting the effects of trade expansion to poverty, especially in less developed countries, where gender inequality is usually more pronounced. Although the literature includes numerous analyses on the links between trade and poverty and between gender inequality and poverty, it seems not to have combined these two sets of studies in a consistent empirical framework. The main objective for the research project documented in this book was to fill, at least in part, this gap in the literature. This report describes the simplest conceptual framework that can be used to analyze the linkages between trade and poverty through gender. It includes two parts. The first, based on standard international trade models, considers the linkages between trade and gender. The second, based mainly on the microeconomic models of household behavior, deals with the linkages between gender and poverty.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bussolo, Maurizio, De Hoyos, Rafael E.
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank and Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Subjects:	access to credit, access to markets, access to resources, Accounting, Adult population, advisers, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Output, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trade, agriculture, allocation of resources, Bank Office, Bargaining, Bargaining Power, barriers to entry, Bulletin, Capital Accumulation, capital investment, cash crop, cash crops, comparative advantage, consumer price index, consumers, control over resources, Cultural Change, decision making, Devaluation, Developing Countries, Development Economics, Development Policy, diminishing returns, discrimination, displacement, dissemination, division of labor, Earnings, econometrics, economic activity, Economic Analysis, economic development, Economic Growth, economic implications, economic opportunities, economic policies, Economic Policy, Economic Research, economic structure, Economic theory, Economics Research, educated women, education spending, efficient outcomes, Elasticity, employers, employment creation, employment opportunities, endowments, Equilibrium, equilibrium theory, Expenditure, expenditures, export crop, Export Crops, export earnings, Exports, external shock, external shocks, Families, family labor, farmers, female employment, Female Labor, female mortality, female population, Female Workers, femininity, financial liberalization, financial services, foreign direct investment, formal education, Free Trade, full employment, future growth, future research, GDP, GENDER, gender aspect, GENDER ASPECTS, gender biases, gender differences, gender discrimination, Gender Disparities, Gender Disparities in Education, Gender Equality, Gender gaps, Gender inequalities, gender inequality, gender issues, gender norms, gender relations, General Equilibrium, General Equilibrium Models, Global Development, gross national product, Household Income, household level, household size, household surveys, household welfare, household work, Human Capital, husbands, IDS, imperfect substitutes, income levels, innovation, insurance, International Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute, international trade, investment in education, labor force, labor market, labor market discrimination, labor markets, labor mobility, labor standards, labor supply, laborers, Labour, Labour Market, land rights, legal status, less developed countries, Level of Poverty, limited access, Macroeconomic Policies, macroeconomic policy, macroeconomic stabilization, Macroeconomics, market economy, Market Liberalization, migrants, Ministry of Education, Multiplier Effect, multiplier effects, multipliers, natural resources, nutrition, occupations, opportunities for women, optimization, participation of women, per capita income, per capita incomes, perfect competition, policy change, Policy Implications, policy makers, Policy Research, Policy Research Working Paper, Political Economy, poor households, poor people, Population and Development, population growth, poverty alleviation, poverty reduction, Poverty Reduction Strategy, price increases, primary school, privatization, product markets, productivity, progress, property rights, purchasing power, purchasing power parity, rate of growth, regression analyses, respect, rising demand, rural areas, savings, secondary school, Sex, Sex Ratios, Sex role, skilled workers, small farm, small farms, Social norms, social policies, Social Sciences, social services, Sources of Income, Spouse, spouses, survival rate, trade deficit, Trade Liberalization, Trade Policies, trade policy, trade reforms, unemployment, unemployment benefits, Union, unskilled labor, unskilled workers, urban areas, Urban Workers, utility function, utility functions, value added, wages, Wealth, workforce, working conditions, World Trade Organization, WTO, young populations,
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